[FETE - ROME 1737] Relazione della cavalcata Fatta in occasione del solenne Possesso di Senatore di Roma preso alli 5. Maggio 1737. Dall'Illustrissimo, ed Eccellentissimo Sig. Conte Niccolo Bielke

First edition, illustrated with woodcut armorial bearings at the head of the first page of text.

Description of the equestrian procession that accompanied through Rome the new Roman senator, Count Nils Bielke (1706–1765), a Swedish knight, chamberlain to the King of Sweden and papal chamberlain following his recent conversion to Catholicism.

The text gives a detailed account of the sumptuous costumes worn by the participants and of the various decorative settings. It concludes with the names and titles of all those who took part in the procession.

Ink annotations at the head of the final page.

Our copy is preserved in its original wrappers, now protected by modern plain paper covers.

A rare and attractive copy.